title: Posterior mediastinal mass: do we need to worry much?
abstract: Anesthetic management of mediastinal masses is challenging. There is abundant literature available on anesthesia management of anterior mediastinal mass. Anesthetic management of posterior mediastinal mass lesions normally have uneventful course. We describe airway collapse and difficult mechanical ventilation in the postoperative period in a patient with posterior mediastinal mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Parin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lalwani
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.forename: Mritunjay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Akhilesh S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Tomar
authors.forename: Padmalatha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial